Pair of Firedogs Representing Venus and Mars

Pair of Firedogs Representing Venus and Mars

Quentin-Claude Pitoin

c. 1769

Accession Number

69904

Medium

Gilt bronze, iron supports

Dimensions

Venus: 50.5 × 49.5 cm (19 7/8 × 19 1/2 in.); Vulcan: 51 × 51.6 cm (20 1/16 × 20 5/16 in.)

Classification

fireplace equipment

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by the Harry and Maribel G. Blum Foundation